Social Skills Jobs in the North of England

Social Skills (Interpersonal, Communication)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Skills in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Skills over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Social Skills 3,682 2,363 4,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 25.97% 27.40% 24.78%
As % of the General category 45.17% 41.31% 39.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,246 1,572 2,211
10th Percentile £26,164 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,875 £67,070 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,708 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - -3.51% +3.64%

All General Skills
North of England

Social Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,151 5,720 10,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 57.48% 66.33% 63.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,365 3,798 6,127
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £38,156 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £51,903 £52,130
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% -0.44% +9.75%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,548 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +1.69%

Social Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Social Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England.

Salary trend for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Social Skills in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Social Skills in the North of England

Social Skills
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Skills within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +1 1,922 £50,055 +0.11% 579
Yorkshire +1 1,427 £49,500 +4.21% 296
North East +1 333 £37,500 -6.03% 133
Social Skills
England

Social Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 109 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 77 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (1.09%) CMS
4 31 (0.84%) IIS
5 30 (0.81%) SAS
6 22 (0.60%) Umbraco
7 17 (0.46%) WordPress
8 16 (0.43%) Apache
9 13 (0.35%) Confluence
10 11 (0.30%) nginx
11 10 (0.27%) Drupal
11 10 (0.27%) Mule
12 8 (0.22%) Apache Spark
13 7 (0.19%) OpenEdge
14 5 (0.14%) OpenStack
15 4 (0.11%) CICS
15 4 (0.11%) Tomcat
16 3 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
16 3 (0.081%) Oracle Workflow
16 3 (0.081%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 905 (24.58%) Microsoft Office
2 297 (8.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 156 (4.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.41%) Simulink
6 14 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 11 (0.30%) Sketch
8 7 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.19%) MadCap Flare
8 7 (0.19%) RoboHelp
9 6 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.14%) Trello
11 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 4 (0.11%) EPLAN
11 4 (0.11%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.081%) InVision
13 2 (0.054%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.027%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 103 (2.80%) Teamcenter
2 33 (0.90%) iTrent
3 21 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (0.49%) NEC Housing
4 18 (0.49%) NetSuite
5 12 (0.33%) Magento
6 11 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.19%) Shopify
9 5 (0.14%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.11%) SAP Business One
10 4 (0.11%) SAP PP
11 3 (0.081%) CA PPM
11 3 (0.081%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
11 3 (0.081%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.081%) SAP MM
12 2 (0.054%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 2 (0.054%) Primavera
12 2 (0.054%) SAP HR
12 2 (0.054%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 463 (12.57%) Azure
2 284 (7.71%) AWS
3 239 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
4 134 (3.64%) Power Platform
5 82 (2.23%) GCP
6 78 (2.12%) SaaS
7 65 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
8 61 (1.66%) Entra ID
9 54 (1.47%) GitHub
10 43 (1.17%) Amazon Kinesis
11 42 (1.14%) PowerApps
12 38 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
13 35 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
14 34 (0.92%) Power Automate
14 34 (0.92%) Serverless
15 29 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
16 26 (0.71%) OneDrive
17 24 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
17 24 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
18 23 (0.62%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 87 (2.36%) Firewall
2 55 (1.49%) DNS
3 53 (1.44%) LAN
4 46 (1.25%) Broadband
5 41 (1.11%) DHCP
6 39 (1.06%) TCP/IP
7 38 (1.03%) WAN
8 36 (0.98%) Internet
8 36 (0.98%) PPP
9 34 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
10 33 (0.90%) Wireless
11 30 (0.81%) Network Security
11 30 (0.81%) VPN
12 29 (0.79%) SAN
13 24 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
14 23 (0.62%) Intranet
15 21 (0.57%) VoIP
16 20 (0.54%) VLAN
17 19 (0.52%) SSL
18 10 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (2.58%) SQL Server
2 93 (2.53%) Power BI
3 66 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
4 59 (1.60%) NoSQL
5 57 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
6 47 (1.28%) Relational Database
7 44 (1.20%) DynamoDB
8 38 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
8 38 (1.03%) MySQL
9 31 (0.84%) Redis
10 26 (0.71%) Tableau
11 25 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
12 22 (0.60%) QlikView
13 19 (0.52%) Data Lake
14 18 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
15 16 (0.43%) Big Data
16 15 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
17 14 (0.38%) MongoDB
17 14 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 12 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 85 (2.31%) JIRA
2 83 (2.25%) Git
3 52 (1.41%) Rational DOORS
4 34 (0.92%) Gatling
5 31 (0.84%) CircleCI
6 27 (0.73%) Selenium
7 21 (0.57%) Jenkins
8 16 (0.43%) Postman
9 14 (0.38%) GitLab
10 8 (0.22%) JMeter
11 7 (0.19%) PHPUnit
12 6 (0.16%) Vagrant
13 5 (0.14%) LabVIEW
13 5 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
13 5 (0.14%) SpecFlow
14 4 (0.11%) Rational Functional Tester
14 4 (0.11%) Robot Framework
14 4 (0.11%) Subversion
15 3 (0.081%) SonarQube
15 3 (0.081%) Terragrunt
General
1 640 (17.38%) Marketing
2 597 (16.21%) Finance
3 504 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
4 357 (9.70%) Retail
5 291 (7.90%) French Language
6 235 (6.38%) German Language
7 204 (5.54%) Legal
8 174 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
9 173 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
10 133 (3.61%) Law
11 115 (3.12%) Public Sector
12 81 (2.20%) Aerospace
13 79 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 77 (2.09%) Automotive
15 76 (2.06%) Banking
16 71 (1.93%) Manufacturing
17 66 (1.79%) Telecoms
18 63 (1.71%) Electronics
19 53 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
20 51 (1.39%) Billing
Job Titles
1 618 (16.78%) Consultant
2 532 (14.45%) Technical Consultant
3 523 (14.20%) Solutions Consultant
4 465 (12.63%) Analyst
5 405 (11.00%) Senior
6 236 (6.41%) Developer
7 206 (5.59%) Lead
8 191 (5.19%) Development Manager
9 186 (5.05%) Business Manager
10 173 (4.70%) Project Manager
11 160 (4.35%) Business Development Manager
12 134 (3.64%) Support Engineer
13 126 (3.42%) Software Engineer
14 111 (3.01%) IT Analyst
15 110 (2.99%) Architect
16 103 (2.80%) Service Analyst
17 97 (2.63%) Commissioning Manager
18 87 (2.36%) Principal Engineer
19 83 (2.25%) IT Manager
19 83 (2.25%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (3.75%) .NET
2 137 (3.72%) HTML
3 132 (3.59%) CSS
4 108 (2.93%) Web Services
5 80 (2.17%) REST
6 68 (1.85%) React
7 61 (1.66%) AngularJS
8 59 (1.60%) ASP.NET
9 53 (1.44%) GraphQL
10 38 (1.03%) http4s
10 38 (1.03%) Scalaz
11 37 (1.00%) HTML5
11 37 (1.00%) jQuery
11 37 (1.00%) Node.js
12 35 (0.95%) Vue
13 33 (0.90%) Laravel
14 30 (0.81%) RESTful
15 28 (0.76%) .NET Core
16 27 (0.73%) LDAP
17 26 (0.71%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 165 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
2 142 (3.86%) Onboarding
3 100 (2.72%) Management Information System
4 78 (2.12%) Driving Licence
5 73 (1.98%) Product Ownership
6 69 (1.87%) Life Science
7 59 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
8 58 (1.58%) Public Cloud
9 45 (1.22%) Blog
10 43 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
11 41 (1.11%) Media Streaming
12 34 (0.92%) NHS
13 33 (0.90%) Social Media
13 33 (0.90%) STB
14 32 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
14 32 (0.87%) Mobile App
15 29 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
16 25 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
17 22 (0.60%) Data Centre
17 22 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 306 (8.31%) Windows
2 108 (2.93%) Windows Server
3 85 (2.31%) Linux
4 57 (1.55%) Windows 10
5 37 (1.00%) Android
6 22 (0.60%) Unix
7 19 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 19 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 19 (0.52%) Windows Vista
8 11 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.16%) CentOS
11 6 (0.16%) Mac OS X
11 6 (0.16%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.14%) AIX
12 5 (0.14%) Solaris
12 5 (0.14%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,437 (39.03%) Problem-Solving
2 604 (16.40%) Agile
3 508 (13.80%) Customer Service
4 390 (10.59%) Mentoring
5 360 (9.78%) Project Management
6 317 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 307 (8.34%) DevOps
8 226 (6.14%) Computer Science
9 225 (6.11%) Coaching
10 221 (6.00%) Decision-Making
11 208 (5.65%) Analytics
12 206 (5.59%) Business Development
13 200 (5.43%) ITIL
14 195 (5.30%) CRM
15 194 (5.27%) Time Management
16 186 (5.05%) Project Delivery
17 185 (5.02%) Software Engineering
18 184 (5.00%) Data Analysis
19 183 (4.97%) Stakeholder Management
20 179 (4.86%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 399 (10.84%) SQL
2 184 (5.00%) JavaScript
3 171 (4.64%) Python
4 158 (4.29%) C#
5 90 (2.44%) Java
6 68 (1.85%) MATLAB
7 54 (1.47%) PowerShell
8 47 (1.28%) PHP
9 45 (1.22%) Scala
10 44 (1.20%) TypeScript
11 39 (1.06%) C++
12 36 (0.98%) VBA
13 28 (0.76%) Bash
13 28 (0.76%) C
14 25 (0.68%) T-SQL
15 14 (0.38%) R
16 11 (0.30%) Bicep
17 10 (0.27%) Kotlin
18 9 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1,496 (40.63%) Degree
2 182 (4.94%) HNC
3 153 (4.16%) Master's Degree
4 127 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 108 (2.93%) Security Cleared
6 87 (2.36%) HND
7 84 (2.28%) SC Cleared
8 79 (2.15%) CISM
9 73 (1.98%) MBA
10 70 (1.90%) CISA
11 52 (1.41%) DBS Check
11 52 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 46 (1.25%) ACCA
13 44 (1.20%) PMP
14 43 (1.17%) Azure Certification
15 41 (1.11%) CISSP
16 39 (1.06%) PMI Certification
17 34 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
18 32 (0.87%) CIMA
19 27 (0.73%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (4.10%) SLA
2 113 (3.07%) QA
3 79 (2.15%) Accessibility
4 75 (2.04%) Def Stans
4 75 (2.04%) IEC 61508
5 71 (1.93%) GDPR
6 68 (1.85%) GRC
7 67 (1.82%) Data Quality
8 60 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 39 (1.06%) NIST
10 32 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
11 31 (0.84%) PMO
12 21 (0.57%) WCAG
13 18 (0.49%) ISO 9001
14 16 (0.43%) NEBOSH
14 16 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 10 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 8 (0.22%) ISO 13485
16 8 (0.22%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 172 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 82 (2.23%) Docker
3 54 (1.47%) Hyper-V
3 54 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.33%) vSphere
6 10 (0.27%) Firmware
7 8 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 8 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.081%) Ceph
8 3 (0.081%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.081%) IAG
9 2 (0.054%) KVM
9 2 (0.054%) XenApp
10 1 (0.027%) ACF2
10 1 (0.027%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.027%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.027%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 86 (2.34%) Terraform
2 73 (1.98%) Kubernetes
3 57 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (0.98%) Ansible
5 22 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.35%) SCCM
7 12 (0.33%) Puppet
8 11 (0.30%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.22%) Autotask
9 8 (0.22%) Grafana
10 7 (0.19%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.19%) Packer
10 7 (0.19%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (0.11%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.081%) Galera Cluster
12 3 (0.081%) N-central
12 3 (0.081%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.081%) SCOM
Vendors
1 771 (20.94%) Microsoft
2 117 (3.18%) SAP
3 89 (2.42%) Salesforce
4 77 (2.09%) VMware
5 61 (1.66%) ANSYS
6 57 (1.55%) ServiceNow
7 56 (1.52%) Google
8 49 (1.33%) Oracle
9 48 (1.30%) IFS
10 38 (1.03%) IBM
11 36 (0.98%) Cisco
12 33 (0.90%) HP
13 24 (0.65%) BT
14 22 (0.60%) Citrix
15 20 (0.54%) Adobe
16 18 (0.49%) NEC
16 18 (0.49%) Veeam
17 17 (0.46%) Databricks
18 16 (0.43%) Apple
19 15 (0.41%) Aruba